GRACE, Idaho — A nine-year-old’s efforts to help a friend fight cancer is bringing a small Idaho community together.
Becky Hemmert said his son’s friend had surprised the town of under a thousand people with unexpected kindness.
“It’s very touching. I mean, I was just overwhelmed with gratitude and with just pride for this little boy that I didn’t even know hardly well,” Becky Hemmert said.
“He’s a pretty good dude. He has a lot of courage and is really nice and helps everybody out,” added 10-year-old Krew Hemmert, Becky’s son.
The Hemmert family is talking about nine-year-old Flint Vanburen, as both boys battling an uphill battle with cancer, with Krew undergoing treatments multiple times a week at Primary Children’s Hospital for a type of leukemia.
“Me and him met in wrestling and football,” Flint said
“I’ve been able to get up and moving, so I’ve been able to go to football games,” …